Southwestern Ranch Pasta Salad

By barbyrabaker

You can whip up homemade pasta salad while the meat is grilling. Just toss in veggies—corn, broccoli and tomatoes. Delicious!

Ingredients

• 1 box Betty Crocker® Suddenly Salad® classic pasta salad mix
• 1 cup Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers™Niblets® frozen corn
• 3/4 cup Hidden Valley® Spicy Ranch or The Original Ranch® dressing
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 1/2 cups small broccoli florets
• 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
• 4 medium green onions, sliced (1/4 cup)
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• Tortilla chips, if desired

Preparation

Step 1

1. Empty Pasta mix into 3-quart saucepan 2/3 full of boiling water. Gently boil uncovered 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, adding corn during last 2 minutes of cooking.
2. Drain pasta and corn; rinse with cold water. Shake to drain well.
3. In medium bowl, stir together seasoning mix, dressing and lime juice. Stir in pasta with corn and remaining ingredients except tortilla chips. Serve salad with tortilla chips. Serve immediately, or refrigerate.